Use of the Broselow tape may result in the underresuscitation of children.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the concordance of the Broselow tape with the measured heights and weights of a community-based population of children, especially in light of the increase in obesity in today's children.

Methods: The authors examined more than 7,500 children in a cross-sectional, descriptive study in two different cohorts of children to compare their actual weight with their predicted weight by a color-coded tape measure.

Results: In all patients, the percent agreement and kappa values of the Broselow color predicted by height versus the actual color by weight for the 2002A tape were 66.

Intubated pediatric patients requiring transport: a review of patients, indications, and standards.

Introduction: We could not find any studies of nontertiary care facilities performing intubation for patients requiring transport to definitive pediatric care. The purpose of our study was to determine the current practices of pediatric airway management in the prehospital and transport environments.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of all patients younger than 16 years transported by our flight program during a 2-year period served as the population of interest.